Egor Koulechov ( he, איגור קולשוב, russian: Егор Кулешов; born November 5, 1994) is an Israeli-Russian professional

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player for

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The cl ...

of the

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. He played

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for

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, and

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before playing professionally in Israel. Standing at , he plays at the

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and the

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positions.

Early life

Koulechov was born in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

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, and is Jewish. Koulechov lived his first 6 years in Russia before growing up in Kibbutz Neve Ur,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion youth team and Wingate Institute Academy. In 2011, Koulechov moved to the

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, where he enrolled at Sagemont in

Weston, Florida Weston is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just west of Fort Lauderdale. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which is anchored by Miami. The population was 68,107 at the 2020 census. Weston is 30 miles northwest of Miami, F ...

, and played for the basketball team in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons.

College career

Koulechov began his college career at

, where he averaged 3.7 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 43.8 percent from the field. On June 4, 2014, Koulechov left for

after his freshman season but sat out first season per NCAA Transfer rules. In the 2016–17 season, Koulechov earned first-team All-Conference USA and Second Team NABC All-District 11 honors as a junior at Rice. He was also named two-time Conference USA Player of the Week, Koulechov ranked second on the team and fifth in Conference USA with 18.2 points. Koulechov graduated from Rice in 2017 with one season of NCAA eligibility remaining; under NCAA rules, he had the option of remaining at Rice or enrolling in a graduate program elsewhere and finishing out his college basketball career at the new school. Accordingly, he announced on April 19, 2017 that he would play at

as a graduate transfer. In his senior year at Florida, Koulechov led the team with 6.4 rebounds per game and ranked second with 13.8 points per game. He had six games with 20+ points and nine games with at least three 3-pointers made.

Professional career

2018–19 season

After going undrafted in the

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, Koulechov joined the

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for the

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. On August 9, 2018, Koulechov started his professional career with Maccabi Rishon LeZion, signing a two-year deal. In October 2018, Koulechov won the 2018 Israeli League Cup with Rishon LeZion. In 26 Israeli League games played for Rishon LeZion, he averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. On April 17, 2019, Koulechov was loaned to

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

for the rest of the season, joining as an injury cover for

Guy Pnini Guy Pnini (Hebrew: גיא פניני) (born September 4, 1983) is an Israeli professional basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of tall, he p ...

2019–20 season

On August 15, 2019, Koulechov signed with

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in t ...

for the 2019–20 season.

2020–21 season

On November 25, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

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2021–22 season

On July 7, 2021, Koulechov re-joined Maccabi Rishon LeZion. On January 22, 2022, Koulechov signed with

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

2022–23 season

On July 18, 2022, he signed with

of the

National team career

Koulechov was a member of the

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U-16, U-18 and U-20 national teams. In July 2013, he averaged 12.0 points and 4.6 rebounds for the U-20 squad, leading his team with a 93.5 free throw percentage as well as 1.7 steals per game. The team claimed 15th place in the

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

Career statistics

College

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, 27 , , 7 , , 14.0 , , .438 , , .333 , , .679 , , 2.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 32 , , 34.4 , , .417 , , .343 , , .862 , , 7.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 16.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 35 , , 35 , , 34.0 , , .474 , , .474 , , .819 , , 8.8 , , 2.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 18.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 34 , , 30.6 , , .414 , , .398 , , .864 , , 6.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 13.7 , - , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career , 128 , , 108 , , 29.0 , , .436 , , .395 , , .832 , , 6.4 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 13.6 Source
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References

External links

Florida Gators bio

RealGM profile

IBSL profile
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